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3/31/2014 3:02PM

Ukraine Military Ill-Equipped to Face Russia

As Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visited Crimea on Monday, Ukrainian troops trained outside Kiev. But the Ukrainian military would be ill-equipped to handle any kind of broad-scale Russian incursion.

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... rule I the eye ... the ... on Monday ... psyche of ... Ukrainian soldiers drilled in March under the inspecting my acting President Alexandre Turton EO ... the drills are taking place after Russia's recent annexation of Crimea ... and its troop buildup in Ukrainian border ... us officials say Some fifty thousand troops amassed ... Russia has said it has no intention of invading mainland Ukraine ... however Ukrainian military would be ill equipped to handle any kind of broad scale Russian incursion ... it has about one hundred forty thousand personnel but only six thousand of the country's forty one thousand when troops are ready for combat ... Russian President Vladimir Putin isn't a sizable number of troops Ukraine's Western reporters don't says he has no interest in a divide in Ukraine meanwhile in Crimea Russian Prime Minister Dimitri Medvedev became the highest level Russian official to visit the newly annexed region ... he announced projects the can you preach between Crimea anyone Russia ... fiberoptic cable connecting the peninsula to Russian telecommunications networks ... but back at the training grounds outside Kiev ... TER sealed insisted that Ukraine would not recognize or accept Russian control of Crimea ... this is the Foreign Bureau ... Wall Street Journal's global news update ...